BY i ke ahiahi ua ʻōwili ʻia, ʻelua mau pā palahalaha aʻu, ua haki wau i kahi wanaʻao, lawe wau i kahi pōhaku nui i loko o ka aniani, a ʻo kaʻu mea hua palaoa kaʻu e hoʻopuehu nei i ka uahi a me ka wahie. Ua huli au i kaʻu hūnōna kāne a ʻōlelo aku, "Ke manaʻo nei wau e kolo ana wau ma lalo o koʻu wahi moe a hala kēia lā." Ua neʻe wale aku ʻo ia me kaʻu kaikamahine a me kā lākou pēpē hānau hou mai ka hikina Hikina e noho pū me mākou no ke kauwela. No laila, i ko mākou hoʻi hou ʻana i ka hale mahiʻai, ua pākuʻi aku au i ka wāwae wāwae: "Pēlā nō ʻoe e ʻike ai, hoʻopuni pinepine ʻia kēia ʻoihana e ka puahiohio, kahi ʻino ..."
I ʻelua mau hola ma hope mai, e kū ana mākou ma kahi kokoke i ka pā e nānā ana i kahi ʻōwili ʻino i ka wā i lele koke aku ai ia: kahi makani palau ikaika. Nānā:
He manawa hoʻoweliweli ia no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike inā e puhi mai ana kahi puahiohio ma luna o mākou. ʻAʻole ia he mea. I loko o kekona, ua heleleʻi nā lāʻau nunui, ua haki nā laina pā, ua haki nā puka, ua hiolo nā pā, a ʻo nā pou mana hou i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kēia Puna ma ke ala i haki e like me nā lālā.
ʻOiai ka luku ʻia ʻana a puni mākou, ua like ia me ko mākou ʻohana i kahi huʻa, ʻoiai ʻo nā kumulāʻau nunui me mākou i waena o kekahi mau mea i pakele. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hele kā mākou keikikāne ʻo Ryan e holoholo ma ke ala e ʻike ai i nā ʻino ma mua. Inā ua hele ʻo ia i ka ʻākau, ma kahi o ka hema, inā ua lawe ʻia ʻo ia i waho e nā laina uila e hāʻule ana a me nā pou i kiola ʻia ma ke alanui ma kahi o ka lōʻihi o ka hapahā mile.
He ʻino huhū naʻau ia, no ka mea, ua hoʻololi ia i ka ʻāina ma aneʻi. Mea pōmaikaʻi (ʻano), ʻo mākou wale nō ka mahiʻai i ka wahi i loaʻa i kēia maikaʻi ʻole.
I ka manawa like, mahalo nui mākou i ka hōʻeha ʻole ʻia o kekahi. ʻO koʻu mau manaʻo i kēia lā me kēlā mau ʻohana nona nā waiwai āpau i kahili ʻia e nā kahe wai, nā ʻino, a me ka pele i ka makahiki i hala. Hoʻomaopopo pū kekahi iaʻu ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke pili i kēia ao, ʻo kēlā mau ʻaoʻao maikaʻi a nani hoʻi. He mea kino nā mea āpau, a ʻo ka mea ʻoi loa, e kuhikuhi iā mākou i ke ao pau ʻole, mai haʻalele iā mākou e lohi nei i ka mea e mae ʻole.
Me kā mākou kaikamahine ʻē aʻe e male ana i loko o ʻelua mau pule, pono wau e kau i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe nui ma aneʻi, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke kākau e like me ka nui. He manawa kūpono kēia e loaʻa ai i kēlā mau kākau āu i hala ʻole ai.
Mahalo i ke Akua, ua maikaʻi mākou āpau, a ʻaʻole ʻeha kekahi o nā holoholona mahiʻai ... mahalo i kekahi hapa ma muli o kāu pule no ko mākou palekana i hāʻawi nui ʻia e nā mea he nui i nā makahiki i hala.
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